Bokashi Composting Questions and Answers for Beginners

If you've just learned about bokashi as an alternative to traditional composting, you may have some beginner questions. In this video, I'll discuss the basics: how the process works, what supplies you may need and advantages of the system.

Timecodes: 0:00 Intro 0:35 What is Bokashi? 1:11 Is it really composting? 2:12 Why would I choose Bokashi over hot composting? 3:05 Do I need to buy a Bokashi kit? 3:28 Are you selling the bran? 4:12 Can I use yogurt as a starter? 4:42 Is there an alternative to wheat bran? 5:07 Why don't I see a difference from when I started? 5:38 Can't I just bury the scraps and skip the fermentation? 7:27 What about Bokashi "juice"? 8:36 What the deal with Bokashi in agriculture?

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Small Batch Fermentation by ccbarr (Flickr) CC BY-SA 2.0

Bokashi Bran by Fredda89 CC BY-SA 4.0

Bokashi Bin Set by Pfctdayelise CC BY-SA 3.0 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HASjEmwM2XI